Message: "Darla" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Darla

by Elaine (Elaina Brigitta)

8/27/2007, 3:29 PM

Opinions on Darla? I've heard the name before but it never really made an impression on me until I saw a cute little girl named Darla on TV the other day. Now it's grown on me. I think it's very cute and feminine. What would you expect a Darla to be like? Some people have told me the name Darlene sounds "hick-ish", would you say the same for Darla?

Also, in which order do you like:
Darla, Darlene, Dahlia?

TIA

#Darla

This message was edited 8/27/2007, 3:30 PM

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- Laurie (guest)

8/28/2007, 2:35 PM

I think it's sweet and I like it alot. I don't think Darlene sounds hickish but I like Darla better. It reminds me of the little girl in "The Little Rascals" series.

- Isla

8/28/2007, 1:38 PM

Sounds kind of air-head-ish to me, plus reminds me of the less-than-wonderful characters from "The Little Rascals" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". :b

- Vraiment

8/28/2007, 6:25 AM

Ugh. I really dislike ths name, as well as Dreama, Starla, Oceane/Oceana, and similar names. I know they are real names, but they seem too, I can't quite put my finger on it...

- Tuesday (trayc53)

8/27/2007, 8:25 PM

Dahlia
Darla
Darlene

I like all three quite a bit, though I'm always the minority with Darla and Darlene. Darla reminds me of The Little Rascals. :D I just like Darlene, I guess. Same with Dahlia - it's my iPod's name. :)

- Kristen (iamkristen)

8/27/2007, 6:42 PM

I just think of the Little Rascals. I can't get past that it.

- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey)

8/27/2007, 4:31 PM

Darla does nothing for me. In my mind, I have two very different images attached to the name. First would be Darla Dimple, the villain in the animated film Cats Don't Dance, who's a pretty explicit combination of Shirley Temple and Norma Desmond (the crazy main character of Sunset Boulevard). Second would be the drug-addled single mother in the film The Crow. Not good stuff.

Darlene strikes me as unattractive, though I know a woman whose name is pronounced dar-LYNN (I'm not sure how she spells it), and she's such a fab person that I dig her name.

Of your three, Dahlia's my favourite by far. It's a name I've been fond of for years now.

Array

- RoxStar

8/27/2007, 4:13 PM

can't stand it

I've been mistaken for a Darla many times. When I would answer the phone at work saying "This is Starla" it did sound a lot like Darla.

I picture a Darla as being a redneck girl in Daisy Duke shorts and a halter top with dyed blonde hair and way too much makeup. A Darlene is the same, only over forty and running to fat. Cant' stand Dahlia either, it just sounds snooty.

- Caitlin (earthnut)

8/27/2007, 3:41 PM

I like in this order:

Dahlia
Darlene - I don't think it sounds hickish, wordy maybe but not hickish
Darla

I also like Danica.

- Kate

8/27/2007, 3:41 PM

Darla reminds me of the bratty little girl in Finding Nemo.

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